Super Bowl Sunday 10k/5k pictures
Photos by Ray Vidal and Garth Meyer
Fishing boat ‘Matador’ sinks, four people rescued
by Garth Meyer Four people were rescued in the early morning hours of Feb 8 after their 42-foot commercial fishing vessel sank 1,000 feet off of the Redondo Beach Esplanade. A Harbor Patrol boat responded to a call from someone on the Redondo Pier who heard yells for help out in the ocean. At 2:24 […]
Thousands run new route for 45th Super Bowl 10k/5k
by Garth Meyer The annual Super Bowl Sunday 10k/5k drew 5,200 participants for a new course Feb. 12, in the second running of the event since it was canceled in 2021 because of the pandemic. Crowds took in a new 10k route on the Esplanade under sunny skies. A lion chased a giraffe. A group […]
Feb. 22 public auction still on for AES site
by Garth Meyer A public auction remains set for Feb. 22 in Pomona for the 51-acre AES power plant site under notice of foreclosure in Redondo Beach. But co-owner Leo Pustilnikov said Monday, “The auction will be pushed back one way or another.” A group of 12 investors led by Pustilnikov bought the site from […]
About Town Redondo Beach
Nehrenheim, Loewenstein served with subpoena during council meeting A young man in a hooded sweatshirt approached city council row late in the fifth hour of the Feb. 7 meeting, pulling two documents out of a FedEx envelope. He set one in front of Councilman Nils Nehrenlheim and the other in front of Councilman Todd Loewestein. […]
New Redondo Beach Transit Center dedicated
by Garth Meyer City officials joined state and federal transportation representatives Tuesday to celebrate the opening of the new, 19-years-in-the-planning Redondo Beach Transit Center. Replacing the existing facility at the Galleria, the new transit hub is an 11-bay, multi-modal stop for Beach Cities Transit, GTrans, Lawndale Beat, Los Angeles Metro and Torrance Transit. It has […]
City hires firm to revamp Seaside Lagoon, waterfront promenade
by Garth Meyer The Redondo Beach city council approved Nuvis Landscape Architecture Feb. 7 to create designs for Seaside Lagoon. The contract is not to exceed $3,112,534, with construction to be finished by 2028. “Five years, that’s a long time,” said District One City Councilman Todd Loewenstein. City Manager Mike Witzansky noted that a final […]
About Town Redondo: Fentanyl forum, Green Line rally, new RUHS classes
Fentanyl forum Thursday evening South Bay Families Connected and Beach Cities Health District will hold a Community Forum on Fentanyl Thursday, Feb. 9 at 5:30 p.m. at Redondo Union High School Auditorium. The event includes a screening of “Dead on Arrival,” a documentary by filmmakers Dominic Tierno and Christine Wood, followed by a panel discussion […]
Third run for Nafissi in District Three
by Garth Meyer She was on the city Library Commission for four years, has been on the General Plan Advisory Committee for six years, and was appointed to the Public Works Commission last fall. Candace Allen Nafissi now runs a third time for the District Three City Council seat, losing the last two races to […]
Kaluderovic seeks District Three seat
by Garth Meyer “Hard to say, easy to support” is the tagline for Paige Kaluderovic, a candidate for city council in District Three. The former college soccer and rugby player moved to Redondo Beach in 2021. Before buying a house here her husband had commuted to the South Bay for 10 years. Kaluderovic (Kah-loo-jeh-ro-vich) is […]
Super Bowl 10k/5k: new ocean view route, old T-shirt design
by Garth Meyer A new course and added festivities afterward highlight the 45th running of the Redondo Beach Super Bowl 10k/5k Sunday morning. The annual Chamber of Commerce event debuts a route up and down the Esplanade in 2023, instead of the previous course along Catalina Avenue. “This gives runners the opportunity for an ocean […]
State Supreme Court reverses Brand, Nehrenheim attorney’s fees award
by Garth Meyer Reversed – The California State Supreme Court has turned back an Appeals Court decision that granted attorney’s fees to Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand and City Councilman Nils Nehrenheim, after a 2019 trial court victory. The ruling was announced Monday after testimony Dec. 7 in San Francisco. “Consistent with the standard adopted […]
Inglewood prize for Parras and Adams middle school soccer teams
Photo by Brian Kingsbury Parras and Adams middle school soccer teams met Jan. 23 for a game at SoFi stadium in Inglewood. In the boys’ game, Parras and Adams tied 0-0, while the Adams girls beat Parras 2-1. The four teams are made up of sixth, seventh and eighth graders. The Parras girls coaches are […]
Nafissi declines to appear at League of Women Voters District 3 forum
by Garth Meyer A District Three city council candidates’ forum planned by the League of Women Voters for Feb. 15 will not be held because candidate Candace Nafissi has declined to participate. The candidate said she is willing to do a forum, but not this one, since it was to be co-hosted by the North […]
Public auction set for AES site Feb. 22; still time to resolve
by Garth Meyer At 11 a.m. Feb. 22 by the fountain at 400 Civic Center Plaza in Pomona, Fidelity National Title Company is scheduled to conduct a public auction for the AES power plant site in Redondo Beach. The announcement came 90 days after a foreclosure notice was sent to Leo Pustilnikov and 11 investors […]
About Town Redondo: City employee since 1985, shooting trial moved, crossing guards needed
Employee since 1985 receives Key to City 37-year city employee Joe Moore received the Key to the City Jan. 17 on the occasion of his retirement the previous Thursday. Moore joined the Public Works department in 1985 as a Maintenance Worker 1, then progressed to Building Maintenance, servicing buildings at the Pier and Civic Center. […]